Thank you for your replies.
Looks like i'll just have to be a bit more patient then
By the way we have 3 girls and 1 cock (for now!!) and they are Cockoo Marans.
Only ever named one of them - Tiny - who was and still is the smallest and was always on her own.
We originally had the mother hen and her nine chicks. We gave the mother to a friend along with five of the chicks at the end of October - even then we weren't sure which were male and which were female!!
We also have a dog and a cat who now get on well with the chickens. The mother was very protective of her chicks and didn't like them at all which is why we had to give her away.
I think we will get more than enough eggs from the three girls we have left.
Caroline :happy: